Tuesday, February 27, 2018

In January 2007, WWD ran a story titled "Extra Place: Paris on the Lower East Side." At that time, reps for Avalon Bowery Place unveiled plans to make Extra Place, the pedestrian walkway off First Street between the Bowery and Second Avenue, "a slice of the Left Bank, a pedestrian mall lined with interesting boutiques and cafes."

As noted here in these subsequent years, a handful of restaurants and businesses have come and gone. The most recent casualty was Red Hook Lobster Pound, which went dark last April.

Now it appears that Momofuku Ko has nearly three-quarters of the Place. The Japanese housewares boutique Nalata Nalata has the corner space at No. 2. No. 18 is a prep kitchen for Daniel Boulud. The space that housed the Lobster Pound is now storage.

There's still a sign up in Extra Place optimistically noting "open to the public & public seating." Maybe Momofuku Ko will one day offer to serve its $195 tasting menu outdoors.

So how is Sorbillio, that new soggy pizza place up the street that DeBlasio was promoting doing now? I see on Yelp they have already raised prices on all items by $2-$5 and the cheapest glass of wine is $13. Their calzone is $18. Speaking of pizza, I’m still waiting for Joe & Pat to get their act together; when Artichoke Pizza moved across 14th Street after the fire they opened the new place in record time. C’mon Joe and Pat, were ready for some Staten Island pizza.

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